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Born on Saturday February 7, 1609
- Godefrida Joachimus van Esch, Oisterwijk († 1695)
- James BLACK, Dunfermine, Fife, Scotland United Kingdom († 1671)
- Katherine Hutchinson, Alford, Lincolnshire, England († 1643)
- Thomas Snell, Menheniot, Cornwall, England († 1655)
- Jacques Bonnier, Ath, België
Died on Saturday February 7, 1609
- Anne van HERCKENRODE (26)
- Agnes Vermaet
- Giacoma PISANO (64), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Ferdinando de' Medici (59), Firenze, Italie
- Ferdinand Ferdinando I. (60), unbekannt
- Henry Berkeley (43)
- MATTHIAS ISELIN (68)
- Robert Sackville (47), Dorset Houst, Fleet Street, London, England
- Willem PELSER
Born on February 7
- 1478 » Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England († 1535)
- 1487 » Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort († 1557)
- 1500 » João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India († 1548)
- 1612 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager († 1683)
- 1622 » Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble († 1694)
- 1693 » Empress Anna of Russia († 1740)
- 1722 » Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet († 1781)
- 1726 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter († 1766)
- 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
- 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
Died on February 7
- 1520 » Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (b. 1472)
- 1560 » Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (b. 1493)
- 1603 » Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (b. 1520)
- 1626 » William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- 1642 » William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)
- 1693 » Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)
- 1736 » Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
- 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
- 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
Names that were popular for boys in 1609
- Jan
- John
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Thomas
- William
- Petrus
- Willem
- Johannes
- Johan
- Richard
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Hendrik
Names that were popular for girls in 1609
- Anna
- Maria
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Mary
- Anne
- Barbara
- Joanna
- Marie
- Sarah
- Margaret
- Margaretha
- Lijsbeth
- Henrietta
- Jeanne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1609
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
- May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
- July 25 » The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
- August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.